Chapter 117: On the Matter of Yata Finding His Fellow Brother Unseemly
"Caw! You ugly cat, come at me if you dare!"
Before Ling could say a word, Sanshu was so frightened by the sudden outburst of chakra from The Nekomata's Journey that his body went rigid, and he completely cancelled the Summoning Technique. Ling, who had just sent out his sensory ability, fell down again.
The Nekomata's Journey looked at Ling, who had slumped back into the fur on its tail, and snorted, "It was the one who provoked me first."
"Yeah, I know," Ling sighed and raised his hand to rub his temples, "I'll have to wait until I recover a bit... I'll try summoning Yata later."
As he said this, Ling sighed again. He hoped he could regain control of his body before any major events happened in the clan - and also hoped that Yata wouldn't be so agitated later.
...
Uchiha Akihiko looked at Uchiha Hiro, who was running towards him along the rooftops, and threw the prepared package at him, "Did you get the permission?"
Uchiha Hiro nodded, "Yeah, since I couldn't find anyone, I just forged Jiji's Hand Seals. Let's go before we're discovered."
"... Although the situation is urgent, I still think your actions are unreasonable."
"Humph, it's none of your business." Uchiha Hiro turned to look at the crow standing on Uchiha Akihiko's shoulder, "You can find Ling, right?"
Yata nodded, but before it could say a word, it turned into a puff of white smoke and disappeared.
Uchiha Akihiko and Uchiha Hiro, who were left standing there, looked at each other in surprise, but the next second, both of them showed expressions of joy.
"I knew this would happen!"
"Is Ling okay?!"
...
The moment Yata was summoned, it sensed the chakra full of a sense of disaster from The Nekomata's Journey. All its feathers stood on end, making the whole bird look bigger. Every cell in its body was urging it to run away.
But Yata forced itself to suppress this urge. It knew that it hadn't used the Reverse Summoning Jutsu, but had been summoned here by someone. Sure enough, the next second, Ling's gentle voice came from below, "Yata?"
Yata lowered its head, folded its wings and landed on Ling's palm, "... Are you okay, caw?"
"Yeah, sorry to make you worried," Ling raised his hand to smooth Yata's feathers, "I'll go back to the clan soon. Please help me report that I'm safe."
Yata gradually calmed down. It sized up The Nekomata's Journey for a moment with its shiny black beady eyes, then nodded slightly. Just as it was about to speak, another puff of white smoke exploded in the air, and Sanshu's irate voice clearly reached the ears of every creature present -
"Caw! Don't think you can scare me just because you're big. If you've got the guts, don't use chakra! Don't fight! I can blast three of you to death by myself!"
Yata couldn't help covering its eyes with its wings - sometimes it really didn't want to admit that this was its fellow brother.
Ling also looked a bit helpless. Facing the direction where the voice came from, he raised his voice, "Sanshu, I'm fine.
"Ga?" Sanshu flapped its wings and hovered in the air, looking down at Ling before turning to The Nekomata's Journey. After repeating this several times, it tentatively landed on Ling's head. "Gaa?"
"Sanshu, I haven't learned the crow's language." Ling let Sanshu step back and forth on his head. He only looked down at Yata. "Please, if everyone in the Uchiha clan is preparing for battle, let them all rest. I'll be back soon."
"Got it, ga." Yata took another look at The Nekomata's Journey, firmly memorizing that mountain - like figure, and then canceled the summoning. "Then I'll wait for your return in the Uchiha clan territory, ga."
Yata exploded into a puff of white smoke. Then Sanshu finally confirmed that its master hadn't been eaten by that ugly cat and turned into poop. It sat down on Ling's hair crown quite relieved. "Gaa —! It's so incredible that you're okay, master! Fortunately! Fortunately!"
"Hehe... She doesn't have any Malice." Ling picked Sanshu up. "You go back first too. Help Yata calm everyone in the Uchiha clan down. There's no problem here with me."
"Gaa, I got it!" Sanshu shook its feathers, but then looked up at The Nekomata's Journey on one side, as if it wanted to say something, but finally retracted its gaze. "Ga, then come back as soon as possible."
"Yeah, sorry to have worried you." After another puff of white smoke burst out in his arms, Ling let out a long sigh. "It seems I made it in time."
The Nekomata's Journey was licking its paws. "You've got a pretty clear idea of where your Uchiha clan stands. There aren't many Uchiha as self - aware as you."
"Is it strange?"
"Not really. After all, you're descendants of that Indra guy. It's normal to behave a bit strangely."
Hearing this, Ling was stunned for a moment but quickly smiled. "Well, at this time, I always can't help but think of a saying of the Senju."
"Humph~?"
"You know, they are the Uchiha after all."
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As soon as Yata canceled the summoning and returned to the Uchiha clan territory, it was confronted with two pairs of scarlet three - tomoe Sharingan. However, it wasn't panicked. It just calmly landed on one person's shoulder. "It seems that the master reached some agreement with that summoned beast before and there was no danger, ga."
"Are you sure Ling is okay?" Uchiha Akihiko looked at the ninja crow on his shoulder. "And what's the deal with that summoned beast?"
"The master told me personally that there was no danger. As for that summoned beast... ga." Yata shook its feathers. "I can only sense that the other party is extremely powerful and invincible. The master said he would rush back soon and explain it later, ga."
"Didn't Ling bring back some strange and troublesome thing again?" Uchiha Hiro showed a look of disgust. "Isn't Uzumaki Yi enough?"
Uchiha Akihiko nodded in deep agreement. "Ling is really good at attracting strange things... But should we quickly inform Father now?"
"I'll go right away, ga." Yata lowered its head. "Thank you two again for your help, ga."
"Well, go ahead," Uchiha Hiro scratched the back of his head and threw the package in his hand back to Uchiha Akihiko. "I'll go back and tidy up my messy house."
Uchiha Akihiko reached out to catch it and hesitated, "What about the fake... in your hand?"
"Just destroy it later," Uchiha Hiro said nonchalantly, acting bold even without a good reason. "Anyway, I've restored the scene to its original state, and nothing happened in the end. Without evidence, Jiji can't do anything to me."
"… I'm telling you again, your way of doing things is really unreasonable."
"Humph, it's none of your business."